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Croydon 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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SECTION VII.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
The scheme in operation in the Borough consists of the Clinics
held at the Croydon General Hospital. Males attend on Saturday
afternoons and Thursday evenings, women and children on
Wednesday afternoons. Irrigation facilities are available daily.
The Clinic is conducted by Dr.P.W.Hamond, who is not
otherwise connected with the Health Department. Croydon is also
one of the participating authorities in the London County Council's
scheme, under which clinics for the treatment of venereal diseases
are provided at a large number of London Hospitals, and at resident
hostels; the cost being apportioned among the ten participating
authorities in the scheme on a basis of user.

Table I.

Attendances at the Croydon Clinic.

192719281929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.
New male patients145121101196263235242297287300a
New female patients Attendances,16015894171205241214232213188a
male patients attendances,264335023581505492346914578585855487525a
female patients1417163221273029327127242677396259775226a

a Includes 243 new c6ases and 6471 total attendances by patients from outside areas.

Attendances of Croydon Patients at various London Hospitals under the General Scheme.

1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.
New patients132139131125139119134103132107
Total attendances3160308030893150238428352407222220062587